Sciurus arizonensis

Coues, 1867

Arizona Gray Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Sciurini
Genus : Sciurus
Subgenus : Parasciurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Coues, E. 1867-09. The quadrupeds of Arizona. The American Naturalist 1(7):351-363.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41181576

Original name as described

Sciurus Arizonensis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:8475 (= USNM:MAMM:A37607)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32fddb669-efc2-44fa-ad90-5616bf6d12e1

Type locality

"Fort Whipple," Yavapai County, Arizona, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ,NM)

Taxonomy notes

under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. arizonensis (along with S. niger, S. nayaritensis, S. alleni, and S. oculatus) would be moved to the genus Parasciurus; this arrangement is tentatively not followed here pending further investigation

Taxonomy notes citation

Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. (2015). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press. · de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Museomics of tree squirrels: A dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20, 1-77. · de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Spatiotemporal diversification of tree squirrels: is the South American invasion and speciation really that recent and fast?. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 230.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001678

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sciurus Arizonensis

Coues, 1867

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

arizonensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:8475 (= USNM:MAMM:A37607)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32fddb669-efc2-44fa-ad90-5616bf6d12e1

Authority page

357 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41181576

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Name usages

  1. Coues (1867:357 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41181576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68670)
  2. Coues (1868:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15057)
  3. True (1885:595, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  4. Moore (1959:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  9. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  10. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  11. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20005/22247935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurus arizonensis huachuca

J. A. Allen, 1894

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

huachuca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-7316, AMNH MS-9021

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893521

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus arizonensis catalinae

Doutt, 1931

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

catalinae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 5612

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52404115

Authority publication

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus arizonensis arizonensis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

arizonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

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